The
SimCity Blog has details on a new patch Maxis has released for SimCity
to update the urban-planning game to version 4.0. This re-enables some of
the features shut down when the game was put on life-support after launch woes
along with new features and new content. Here are
the
patch notes:

New: SimCity Launch Park, an exclusive new
park just for our dedicated fans who were early adopters.

New: Region: Edgewater Bay. Seven city
sites in one cluster around a beautiful bay with one great work site.

New: Your current server will now be shown
in the options menu.

New: More detailed rollover information on
buildings telling player’s if their Sims received happiness from a park or
from shopping. Previous to this fix, this information was generic.

Education: Fix for an issue some cities
experienced where commuting students did not return from a neighbor’s city.
This was causing a problem where students would disappear from a city in
some cases.

Tuning: Sims will lose a small amount of
happiness if they don’t have a place to shop. Cities without places to shop
will see complaints and feel the effect of unhappy Sims. This will emphasize
the importance of commercial zones.